. by the time she gets into the city and she says he was vetted 3 tons. there are things that could be proven so politically embarrassing that if somebody gets back into the lead to states, someone might look for a way to see that they never testify. we are talking hypothetically. i would like to know what of the possibilities of something like that happening. >> nothing in the administration's white paper suggests that would be lawful. i would hope that in the administration, republican or democrat, faced with such a situation, would behave like patriots and would proceed according to the law and the constitution. i would hope this committee in the event that did not happen with consider it under its impeachment power. >> when no one from the justice department kids to participate, then what? we find them in -- when no one from the justice department will participate, then what? we find them in contempt? whatever but under political pressure acts like patriots. -- not everybody on the political pressure tax like patriots. -- acts like patriots. what if your contention is that there

coverage tonight, the brady -- braving though whether. starting in the york city. >> you asked me earlier if i was ready, fortunately i am but the warnings came out two days ago. if you don't have by now now, it's too late. no better picture than this literally covering the entire northeast corridor. although many people got what they needed groceries, prescriptions, gu est in their car, it will be treacherous, and the airlines are not traveling anywhere, 5,000 flights canceled and the impact will be felt for days to come. amtrak shuts down early this afternoon leaving travelers stranded and advising people tuesday point*. there is concern they get it right, governor cuomo had this to say. >> the new york power authority has extra personnel on duty to he with power outages. this is a serious, severe winter storm, we just went through a terrible storms with hurricane sandy, not anticipating anything like that, that is the good new >> the national guard is out. people should check the elderly to make sure people are okay. charge your cellphone now and take it seriously, possibly for

the western interests in the city. i'd like to have you go ahead and put that chart up. and leave it up during the course of this hearing because each member up here has a copy of this. there are certain things that happened we all know. we know on may 22 the red cross was hit with an r.p.g. they left town. we know on june 11, the british ambassador's motorcade was attacked by an r.p.g. they left town. we know on april 10 the united states convoy was hit by an i.e.d. and on june 6, the u.s. consulate was attacked with a bomb and many, many other things. but we stayed. we didn't leave. while i understand the state department has primary responsibility for the protection of american diplomats around the world, i also understand that the defense department plays an important role -- supporting role to this effect. i expect our witnesses to explain today why, given the clear indication -- indicators tanned warnings, threats to the united states interests in benghazi and throughout the north africa were growing was the -- was the defense department not placed on a heightened alert status

of the city. [laughter] second, i started to pay special attention to the plaques on the buildings that recommend -- that recognize the united states of america for lending a hand in rebuilding. i was proud. the marshall plan, imf, and other organizations led by the united states are evidence of our ability to make the right decisions at the right time, taking risks today in the interest of tomorrow. we now face a similar crossroads. we can be complacent or competitive as markets bloom in every corner of the world. with or without us. we could be there to help plant the seeds or we can see the power to others. given the chance to lead a second great american century, we must not just look to the american landscape today. look at the days to come. we must marshal the courage that define the the marshall plan so that we might secure in the future freedom. let's remember the principles of jefferson's time. looking to independence echoing in our time. interest istional in leading strongly and it still in doers in this world. let me leave you with a thought. when tragedy and terror visi

expanses of asia and the great cities of europe and all countries in between, cia officers were there, sometimes in force and sometimes virtually standing alone. and for those 25 years, it was a great honor for me to be a cia officer, as i knew that this country's contributions to security rise in valuable as they were innumerable. following my retirement from the cia in 2005, i had the good fortune to experience other opportunities. for three years, i served as ceo of a private-sector company, where i learned firsthand about fiduciary responsibilities and sound business practices. and for the past four years and i have had the privilege to serve as the president's principal policy advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism. i have had the opportunity to work with some of the finest americans i have ever met. in the intelligence, military, law enforcement, and diplomatic communities, who have dedicated their lives to the safety and security of fellow americans. it is because of the work of those americans serving domestically, and especially those serving in dangerous places ab

reconstituting the malian states which is on the verge of becoming a failed state. the fifth point is the question of whether an insurgency would arise in mali and whether there are variations with regards to the possibilities of insurgency depending upon city and region. last comment i would like to address what the united states should contemplate with regards to its own actions in the region. even before your the u.s. government -- even before the u.s. government decided that it was going to participate in a nato exercise to essentially dismantle the gaddafi regime in libya, i knew as that decision was going to be taken that there would be consequences throughout. the region -- muammar gaddafi provided a regime of stability that was provided by his provision of direct economic benefits to the region, not only in terms of investment, but also in terms of direct transfers of ies.y i it was predictable that upon his demised not only with those economic benefits be removed, but that tuareg soldiers would no longer be on the payroll. no longer being on the payroll, they would then have to r

winning the war, marching up the eastern seaboard, destroying city after city. earned down the white house, next up baltimore. as they came into the chesapeake bay, the armada of warships as far as the eye can see, it was looking grim. fort mchenry standing right there. general armistead was in charge of fort mckendry. he had a large american flag commissioned to fly in front of the fort. the admiral in charge of the british fleet was offended and said, take that flag down, you have until dusk to take the flag down. if you do not, we will reduce you -- is -- reduce you to ashes. there was a young amateur poet on board all francis scott key, sent to try to obtain the release of an american edition held captive. he overheard the british plan. he mourned as dusk approached, mourned for his fledgling young nation. as the sun fell, the bombardment started. bombs bursting in air, so much debris he strained trying to see, but the flag was still there. he could not see a thing all night long. at the crack of dawn he ran out and looked, straining his eyes. all he could see was dust and debris

, there were no fewer than four significant attacks against the western interests in the city. i'd like to have you go ahead and put that chart up. and leave it up during the course of this hearing because each member up heres a a copy of this. there are certain things that happened we all know. we know on may 22 the red cross was hit with an r.p.g. they left town. we know on june 11, the british ambassador's motorcade was attacked by an r.p.g. they left town. we know on april 10 the united states convoy was hit by an i.e.d. and on june 6, the u.s. consulate was attacked with a bomb and many, many other things. but we stayed. we didn't leave. while i understand the state department has primary responsibility for the protection of american diplomats around the world, i also understand that the defense department plays an important role -- supporting role to this effect. i expect our witnesses to explain today why, given the clear indication -- indicators tanned warnings, threats to the united states interests in benghazi and throughout the north africa were growing was the -- was th

in the papers this morning. on twitter -- andrew in salt lake city, utah, independent. caller: my thoughts are the same thing. it is unconstitutional. people don't want this. it is a power grab from people in love with their new powers they have found, whether it obama or bush, they both did the same king. so it's not a left or right discussion. obama and bush both did the same thing. there should be a trial to determine guilt or innocence. host: what about the overall program, the proponents saying allows us to it go in with less casualty's and take out people who have already attacked the u.s. are planning to attack the united states? caller: it always comes down to who is deciding whether they are planning it or not. in the new act, they can target americans. they can come up with their own trials and make up their own judge, yes, this guy is guilty, and this guy is in a random country. it does not justify anything. it's not cleaner than war. all. wars-- all these wars are unjustified. i think we got them back after 9/11 with 500,000 iraqis dead. host: independent caller there.

have a new mayor. south bend being the second- largest city in indiana, it is not doing what it should be doing. we have abandoned buildings. they have stimulus money. they are redoing a bridge for purification, which i do not understand where that money came from. host: addison, front royal, virginia, independent. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. you need to get the oil companies under control. they have risen -- raised the price on fuel. oil is $150 per barrel. gas prices are four dollars or more per gallon. they keep raising it up. it is greed. there is enough oil on this planet to last for an eternity. we have been lied to. host: we will leave it there. kevin, marshall, texas, republican line. caller: there is no economic recovery. look at the facts and statistics. it is not there. we have 5 million less jobs now than we did when president obama entered office. i was looking at the percentage of our workforce. .t is -- it topped out at 66% last call or talk about the price of gas. the president's friends and asked her $1 trillion per year. it us dollar. th

democracy in the middle east. israel has provided the united states with a significant amount of cities it intelligence that is helping the united states. there is an interesting report that i suggest the gentleman read issued by the washington institute for near east policy on the role that israel has played in enhancing american security. to a certain extent, for a small country like israel, israel has provided an outsized proportion of return of support for the united states in terms of the type of technology and military intelligence that has helped the united states. we should not just look at this as a one-way street. the israelis also understand the obligation of helping their american allies. host: this morning, the washington post reflecting on the tenure anniversary of: ofl's -- 10 year anniversary testimony.l's in george w. bush's book, he described the presentation as exhaustive. later, many of the assertions would prove to be inaccurate. at the time, his words reflected the considered judgment and intelligence of the cia at home and around the world. if you look back at wha

effective way of spending it to help homeless people? >> houses. >> cenk: that's the most logical answer i've ever heard on this program. >> you can count on me for that. >> cenk: it's amazing. there's another story we didn't get a chance to do here. different cities are trying to find ways to decriminalize what they do, cops putting them in jail. they spend more than they would getting them a house. >> they spend more taking the kids away and putting them in foster care then they would getting the parents a house. it's a crazy system. >> cenk: everybody check out hear us. thanks so much. when we come back, serious story about rape in the military. apparently oftentimes, no justice at all. we're going to talk to the husband of a woman who was terribly assaulted. >> this goes everywhere with me. you always have protection with jesus, but sometimes you need just a little bit more. >> her husband joins us next to tell his side of the story about the lack of justice in this case. come right back. twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. >> cenk: we t

country's largest cities and they've begun the countdown for the event which will be held in the black sea resort city of sochi now of course when we're talking about sochi the main celebrations to mark the countdown have taken place in the city itself now rounding off with a spectacular gala show as you can see in the screen there behind me really exciting images there now our team is andrew farmer is actually in the city of for us to see how the preparations for the games have been going and to gauge the mood on the grounds let's take a look. but if she can save you the spirit has what intrigues some cheap food which launched the city sky to see particularly if it was a spectacular skating show but it's not going. to be beach going to the deep stuff in the east time for several reasons in the city they could be the first ones with an exceptional bloom bar this is the pecan caves in plain sight of the city he's going to be very compact you will be able to just jump into trying within thirty minutes you count in the mind of my piano to enjoy the finer things secondly most of the fees are b

nation, or a support officer whose responsibility is to provide analysis and when directed by the president, conducting covert action and carried out with the provision speed, skill, and efficiency. and from sub-saharan africa to central and south america to the vast expanses of asia and the great cities of europe and all countries in between, cia officers were there, sometimes in force and sometimes virtually standing alone. and for those 25 years, it was a great honor for me to be a cia officer, as i knew that this country's contributions to security rise in valuable as they were innumerable. following my retirement from the cia in 2005, i had the good fortune to experience other opportunities. for three years, i served as ceo of a private-sector company, where i learned firsthand about fiduciary responsibilities and sound business practices. and for the past four years and i have had the privilege to serve as the president's principal policy advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism. i have had the opportunity to work with some of the finest americans i have ever met. i

various cable networks in some of the largest cities and in some smaller independent operators in smaller cities. a good part of the traffic has been people who stream it online, and that is a pretty dedicated following. in fact, with the very large online content, a good percentage of that comes from the united states. there is an appetite, clearly. how much of that will translate to a cable channel again where some of these folks are dedicated online streamers' is a challenge, but we hope we can provide interesting and freshen up content and have some people cross over. host: how will the recent purchase expand the american audience? who will you be able to reach now? >> -- guest: it is an estimated 50 million viewers. obviously it is a great leap forward and a great deal. one of the things we fought for years was distribution in the americas. this just opens some eyeballs to us, and we hope it will give people a chance to see our coverage, to sample it for those who have not seen it, and again, provide a platform for the core audience we already have. host: it is a 24-hour global news

have a dirty bomb in the city and food supply disappears and water supply disappears and you have to defend, you want to defend your family. i want as much -- i want to be able to defend my family and i have a right. >> in new york i was there when hurricane sandy happened. nobody felt a need to take an ar-15 to blow away looters. it wasn't like that. >> were they looting? >> it was limited looting. >> don't act as if new orleans looting was the same thing as was happening on a beautiful place in new jersey. totally different people. you had social economic conditions that are totally different. >> he cited sandy, not me. let me put this to you. what is your answer to the parents of sandy hook who had their children blown to pieces about how you are personally, through the instrument of your radio show, going to try and make america a safer place than it was? >> simple. first of all, we've got to be realistic that there always, whether it be in america, the uk or anywhere in the world, crazy people. i want to make sure that there's somebody at every school to be able to protect and d

communications law at the benjamin cardozo school of law here in new york city and is a fellow at the roosevelt institute. susan crawford, welcome. >> thank you so much. >> "captive audience?" who's the captive? >> us, all of us. what's happened is that these enormous telecommunications companies, comcast and time warner on the wired side, verizon and at&t on the wireless side, have divided up markets, put themselves in the position where they're subject to no competition and no oversight from any regulatory authority. and they're charging us a lot for internet access and giving us second class access. this is a lot like the electrification story from the beginning of the 20th century. initially electricity was viewed as a luxury. so when f.d.r. came in, 90% of farms didn't have electricity in america at the same time that kids in new york city were playing with electric toys. and f.d.r. understood how important it was for people all over america to have the dignity and self-respect and sort of cultural and social and economic connection of an electrical outlet in their home. so he ma

that also lobbies on behalf of comcast the city of northport florida and smith and wesson among other companies greenberg will help the prison giant advocate for the renewal of lease agreements between c.c.a. and the government which uses the company own prisons to house its inmates according to its website c.c.a. manages more than forty percent of all prisons in the united states under contract with private companies as you mentioned c.c.a. got more than five hundred seventy million dollars from the government during the first three quarters of two thousand and twelve alone but perhaps this is a lesson in capitalism and that's may do it for now see it back here to him. the worst journalist. the white house. radio guy. to have you never seen anything like. a low in welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the nobel peace prize winner and his drones the recently leaked memo on the obama administration's use of drones has shocked many in bewildered others it begs more questions than answers it would appear the white house is acting as judge jury and

video camera to go and film footage of drone victims see he was downtown in the city there available to be captured left town went to the area in the north of the country where the drones had been hitting and he was targeted and struck and killed with a drone are you going to tell me he could have been captured know it it seems to me that would because i know the case of the boy what about get mo that they want to get rid of get most if you don't have any prisoners you don't have any problem i mean obama sounds like stalin no people no problem. my my words legal huddled of problems with can tom obey and the certainly when the recent killing the so there was a recent prosecution from the yemen of a man who had just been released from prison and two weeks later he was killed in the drone strike and his brother is trying to sue the united states because he said he could have been captured quite easily on an informant from the do you do that he said it was too difficult to capture people know they didn't trust the yemen security and they couldn't bring them to the united states because i

. >>> just days after the super bowl with the city of baltimore still planning the party, a very serious football battle is being waged off the gridiron. in fact, the very fate of america's favorite sport hangs in the balance with attorneys and doctors piling on to the nfl over head injuries. chronic brain condition of cte is beginning to make the way in to the public conscious. it's the clearest evidence of brain damage linked to depression, memory loss, early dementia and even death. but the lawsuits don't fault the league, necessarily, for a lack of issue on the issue. the nfl accused of researching the long-term effects of concussions but then covering up the results to protect its bottom line. that's a claim the league vehemently denied. could the legal challenges change the game forever and necessarily a bad thing? bloomberg businessweek's latest cover story is "crunch time." it's on news stands right now and paul bar vet the author and assisting managing editor. welcome. >> thanks. >> you write in here that the very future of football is at stake here and i'll quote you. y

? [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> over the past few years the city of oakland, california, has had the worsening crime problem. and what makes that problem even worse is the funding cuts for police in that city. we have the report talking about the most recent victim of violence and it's an eight-year-old. >> the oakland police interviewed several adults at the same house in the 2200 block of 6 fifth avenue 65 avenue where the eight-year-old girl was shot. >> we will catch the shooter and we are coming after you with all resources possible, and with deliberate speed. >> now it's unfortunate because they don't have many resources when it comes to combating crime. the oakland police department has faced severe cuts. as a result they have shrunk by 18 period shedding 138 officers, and as you might expect, less officers usually means more crime. we saw the same thing in camden, new jersey, when they cut their police officers and crime skyrocketed. in oakland murders have gone up 16%. rapes have gone up 24%: here to talk about this tragic story is barry donelan. he's going to answer some qu

helicopter and artillery, next day by the crazy suicide bombers. the third day by tribal rivals. the fourth day by drone strikes, and in complete desperation he sends somebody out to waziristan , huge chunks living in cities as destitute refugees, and every day is like 9/11 for us. so, again, go back to the man in the village, and particularly the impact on women and children. whatever the debate about drones, remember there's a model humanitarian dimension that is missing. the impact on women and children is devastating and this has been documented in studies like the recent one by stanford and new york university. >> host: you mentioned drones and a lot of your book, your newest book, the thisle this --e and the drone, and the debate in washington. what's the view of drones in these tribal areas, afghanistan, pakistan? >> guest: again, peter, you use the word debate. there is a debate in the united states. it's just starting and it will pick up. but the debate implies two opposing points of view. the donate americaer americaer - the debate in america is one sided. i would like too

trained to use a video camera to go and film footage of drone victims see he was downtown in the city there available to be captured left town went to the area in the north of the country where the drones had been hitting and he was targeted and struck and killed with a drone are you going to tell me he could have been captured you know it it seems to me that because i knew the case of the boy what about get mo that they want to get rid of get most if you don't have any prisoners you don't have any problem i mean obama sounds like stalin no people no problem. my my words legal had lot of problems with going tom obey and the certainly when the recent killing the so there was a recent prosecution from the yemen of a man who had just been released from prison and two weeks later he was killed in a drone strike and his brothers trying to sue the united states because he said he could have been captured quite easily on an informant from the do you do that he said it was too difficult to come up to people no i didn't trust the yemen security and they couldn't bring them to the united states becau

go and film footage of drone victims see he was downtown in the city there available to be captured left town went to the area in the north of the country where the drones had been hitting and he was targeted and struck and killed with a drone are you going to tell me he could have been captured you know it it seems to me that because i know the case of the boy what about get mo that they want to get rid of get most if you don't have any prisoners you don't have any problem i mean obama sounds like stalin no people no problem. my words go to huddle problems with can tom obey and the certainly when the recent killing the so there was a recent prosecution from the yemen of a man who had just been released from prison and two weeks later he was killed in the drone strike and his brother is trying to sue the united states because he said he could have been captured quite easily on an informant from the do you do that he said it was too difficult to capture people no i didn't trust the yemen security and they couldn't bring them to the united states because it was worse to bring them to

black sea resort city of sochi now the clock behind me is the one in the center of moscow where we are right now and it's ticking in real time so you can see that it's about the twenty three hours twelve minutes and fifteen seconds left until the winter olympics kick off now it's also that sounds somewhat wrong. it's also home straight for organizers who say final preparations are on track and finishing touches are currently being made in order to make the event unforgettable for how things look on the ground let's talk to our team is andrew farmer who is in sochi for us andrew this count down certainly a big deal for the city tell us how preparations are going. you know you can almost taste the olympic spirit now here in sochi because this evening. a ceremony was held a lavish one to mark the one year to go down to these games in the bolshoi. at the olympic park a spectacular skating show was held involving three hundred people to talk about sochi olympic story and to demonstrate all demonstrated on the ice and it also included famous figure skaters from russia past and present so the

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the cities as one reason but part of the revaluation of agricultural markets is the conversation that's not taking place on probably one of the few that has mentioned this to you. what i can say well i think what they. call action purposes that president obama definitely has the least a good part of the latino community on the side proselyting not all i'll have to see how this actually impacts the u.s. economy watch to see how it plays out if they even introduce this program there's just so many question marks about this program devon penny a professor of ethnic studies at the university of washington thank you for joining us more closer call me again. if you thought the u.s. was susceptible to cyber attacks before get ready for this a new intelligence assessment by the government is beginning to reveal the magnitude of cyber attacks and the countries who are responsible for them the report indicates that sustained hacks are a threat to both national as well as economic competitiveness national security interest that is in the past the defense industry has worried about governmen

. thousands gathered in vatican city to hear him speak. the pontiff assured the crowd that although he's retiring, he isn't going to abandon the church, but will dedicate his time to prayer and meditation. now to a scandal surrounding the catholic church, italian media are reporting on allegations of a network of gay priests at the vatican. blackmailed by a network of male prostitutes. meanwhile, an american cardinal says he intends to help select the new pope despite a petition that he not be allowed to do so. the l.a. archdiocese relieved cardinal roger mahoney of public duties after it was revealed he plotted to conceal child molestation priests. meanwhile, four priests have accused of a scottish cardinal of inappropriate behavior. they have reported cardinal keith o'brien to the vatican. the cardinal has denied the allegations. >>> hollywood's most celebrated actors are getting ready for the red carpet at the oscars, the 85th annual academy awards gets under way about five hours from now. this year could be one for the record books. we'll explain why in just a few moments, live

. but the texas transportation institute says that in some cities in this country, you need to add an extra hour, hour and a half, two hours to a 30-minute drive just to get there on time. rush hour in l.a. >> we had a car that hit the guard rail. >> reporter: and veteran traffic reporter jennifer york is on the air. >> it's miserable. i mean, i don't think there's really any good day anymore to get to where you need to go. >> reporter: you name the city, you're bound to hear the same complaint. >> i wish i could get that time back. time is money. >> too many people driving, and not enough highway bandwidth. that's the reason. >> reporter: now, the list is out. the most congested city in america, washington. with commuters burning 67 hours and 32 gallons of fuel a year sitting in traffic. followed by l.a., san francisco, new york, boston, houston, atlanta, chicago, philly, and seattle. congestion costs each commuter about $818 per year. with each commuter responsible for about 380 pounds of carbon dioxide emission per year. and researchers predict gridlock will only worsen as the econ

. wall street hangs on the every word. from the kansas city president, george, and carls, and st. louis president and cleveland fed president, and esther george, the key one to watch. >> now the number two thing to watch, wednesday, we have the commerce department releasing retail sales for january. sales are expected to rise a little bit. auto sales, a key driver in december's move higher. >> a little bit bit. number one thing to watch, initial jobless claims come out thursday, expected to drop by 6,000 from 360,000. claimed dropped by 5,000, less than expected, and the four week moving average fell by 15,000 since the start of the year. there's always revisions that come up. >> living room. -- all right. stay safe. i'm going to dry to drive hem. david, be safe. me liz is is next. melissa: here's what "money" tonight. it's the real estate story, america. housing coming barks, but is it? what are the biggest mistakes that people are making in the market? four industry heavy weights to weigh in. plus, caught red handed. a legal iranian weapons seized in yemen revealing arms sales

with r.t. . there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives within a year of a diagnosis of. over sixty two percent of those patients i diagnosed with this is a problem that frankly is substantially preventable it was like the big elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk about they were really good public health campaigns that people were really focused on this problem you certainly should be able to have a lot less h.v. a lot less human suffering. the. technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. mission to teach. us. we're discussing obama's drone policy. ok david if i go back to you you know when a part of the memo talks about the inability to catch people ok i sense that they don't want to catch these people they want to kill them there's we're told there's no trial we don't have to show any proof no evidence it's very cynical you know my suspicion from the moment that they announced you know they leaked to the chosen classified information that they'd killed osama bin laden i su